Decorative fabric



Ob t. 27, 1925.

M. W. GREENSTEIN DECORATIVE FABRIC Filed A ril '3. 1925 INVENTOR:

ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 27, 1925.

MORRIS W. GREENSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DECORATIVE FABRIC.

Application filed April 3, 1925. Serial No. 20,396.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Monnrs N. GREEN- s'rinn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, andState of New York, have invented a certain new and useful DecorativeFabric, of which the following is a specification sufiicient to enableothers skilled in the art to which the invention appertains to utilizethe same.

\Vhile applicable to decorative fabrics generally, and various otheruses, the object of my invention is, primarily, to afford a novel andornate parti-colored drapery suitable for lamp shades, curtains, andanalogous purposes, in which the contrasted effect of colored patchworkis enhanced by perforate lines formed by the stitching by which thepatchwork is united with the basic fabric, such stitching thus aifording the double function of means of attachment and of rendering the fabricin a unitary sense transparent along the lines of the colored pattern ordesign involved, all as hereinafter fullyset forth, the inventionconsisting substantially in the specific combination and structure ofparts described and claimed herein whereby the above recited effects areattained by means of hemstitching.

In the accompanying drawings 1 illustrate a practical embodiment of theessential features of my invention as exhibited in a'portion of fabricof the character designated, it being understood of course that I do notlimit myself to the pattern and details therein shown by way ofexemplification, since in finite variety in design and coloring may beresorted to in adapting my new decorative fabric to various purposes andutilities with out departing from the spirit and intent of my inventionin this respect.

\Vith this understanding Fig. 1, represents a front view of a portion ofa basic fabric decorated with patchwork of contrasted color hemstitchedthereto to form perforate bordering and design;

Fig. 2, is a rear view of the portion of basic fabric shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 8, is a section taken upon line 33, Fig. 1.

B, is the basic fabric of any suitable textile material, embellishedwith patchwork P, of various colors. Thusfin Fig. 1, of the drawings,patches of three primary colors,

plane of Fig. 1, of the drawings,

' red, blue, and orange, indicated symbolical- 1y, are shown by way ofexample as attached to the basic fabric 13, by hemstitching 8, therebycreating perforate bordering or embellishment according to requirementsor preference.

Obviously this perforate stitching 5, may be utilized not only as aborder to the patches P, but also may be incorporated with the patchworkwithin the border thereof and supplemental thereto,

when the character olfflthe design renders such treatment desira e.

The transparent open lines of holes of the design created by thehemstitching greatly enhance the effective value of the coloredpatchwork fabrication, especially when the latter is interposed betweenlight and the observer, so that my new decorative material is especiallyadapted for use in the formation of lamp shades, curtains, etc, theplural or multi'colored effects attainable being enhanced by the openwork created by said stitching, which thus functions not only as adecorative adjunct to the colored patchwork, but also as the means ofattaching such patchwork to the basic cloth.

It is to be understood that by the term patchwork as herein used I meanto designate ornamental patches so called, c0nsisting of pieces of clothsuperposed on the surface of a. basic layer of as herein set forth.

hat I claim as my to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As an article of manufacture, a decorative fabric of the characterdesignated, comprising a base of textile material having imposed thereonpatchwork united thereto by hemstitching constituting a perforateadjunct to the patchwork design, substantially in the manner and for thepurposes set forth.

2. As an improved article of manufacture a decorative fabric adapted forthe penetration of'light therethrough, the same comprising a base oftextile fabric, and patches of contrasting designs and colors superposedthereupon and united thereto by open-work stitches following the contourof such patchwork, the material embraced within said stitching being ofmulti-ply.

MORRIS XV. GREENSTEIN.

as indicated at s, in

invention and desire cloth substantially

